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iTunes lockdown on the iPod was eventually going to crumble, and crumble it has at the hands of a Norwegian hacker who..
..cracked the encryption on DVDs has found a way to unlock the code that prevents iPod users from playing songs from download music stores other than Apple’s iTunes, his company said on Tuesday.
Jon Lech Johansen, a 22-year-old who lives in San Francisco, cracked Apple’s FairPlay copy-protection technology, said Monique Farantzos, managing director at DoubleTwist, the company that plans to license the code to businesses.
“What he did was basically reverse-engineer FairPlay,” she said. “This allows other companies to offer content for the iPod.”
So, with the massively brilliant minds at iPod, will they be able to push a rev to their software modifying the DRM of FairPlay to block the competition? Maybe the iPod also seeks to find the physical source of the distribution against a list of allowable values - don’t think that Apple will not fight back to retain their 95% share on the downloaded music marketplace.
It it was not for the iPod, would Apple have gained any of their recent popularity?
Source: Wired News
“It it was not for the iPod, would Apple have gained any of their recent popularity?”
Ok, That blatant flamebait aside…
The mac OS is the best OS on the market. you can debate all you want about games, but the actual inner workings of the OS of tiger are superior, you can ask anyone who knows what they’re talking about.
Apple is finally making top-notch computers that ship with a top-notch OS. They’re finally getting thier due credit for it. yes, the iPod helps, because the ipod is a marvel of design that shows to people what apple can do. you realise how easy and no-nonsense everything is, and you check out thier hardware and software, and it’s the same way.
and beside that point, guess how many times I’ve had to defrag, run spyware and adware apps, reinstall the OS, or deal with some freaking paperclip since i switched? zero.
Oh, forgot one thing.
TIGER, SELL MAC STUFF!
Hi everyone.
What's a good alternative to the IPOD?
I'm wondering if any of you can recommend a good MP3 player that is comparable to the IPod but WITHOUT they hype and price tabe to go with it.
I was at the apple store a few days ago, and really liked the new 40GB or 80GB IPods that also show video, but was wondering if I could get the same kind of funcationality without that heftly price tag.